{"product_id":"its-here-somewhere-and-other-james-w-swinehart-9781950154494","title":"It's Here Somewhere and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI bought a book on memory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd eagerly embraced it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI meant to read it right away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut seem to have misplaced it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e -\u003c\/em\u003eFrom \"It's Here Somewhere\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a youth, Jim Swinehart was drawn to the usual adventure books, but also to the humor writing of Mark Twain, James Thurber, Erma Bombeck, and many others. During his high school years, he learned about various aspects of life by working as a farm laborer, newspaper reporter, lifeguard, camp counselor, photographer, dining hall staffer, drugstore salesperson, and assistant to a city clerk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter college graduation and Army service, he spent 16 years on university faculties and four decades as a communications consultant, helping to design national campaigns on health and safety issues. His academic and professional work has appeared in books, a dozen scientific journals, and as published testimony for a Senate committee and a Presidential Commission. He hopes that this book of (mostly) light verse, unlike his previous writing, will elicit smiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Swinehart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950154491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950154494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sager Group LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"James W. Swinehart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425424916735,"sku":"9781950154494","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db9b144f-3a87-4858-8e90-a26fddf124a8.jpg?v=1761539128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/its-here-somewhere-and-other-james-w-swinehart-9781950154494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}